Shrub or small tree up to 6 m. tall. Young shoots rust colour, rugulose; bark later exfoliating. Leaves very shortly stalked; lamina 4–8 × 2–4 cm., ovate-lanceolate, blunt or subacute at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, dull, light green, chartaceous; midrib somewhat conspicuous above, prominent below; lateral nerves 6–10 pairs, very slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole up to 1 mm. long. Flowers in solitary or fasciculate racemes 1–3 cm. long; bracts shorter than the 1–2 mm. long pedicels, rarely longer, sometimes foliaceous, caducous; buds broadly clavate, 6–9 mm. long. Calyx short, cupuliform, accrescent. Petals 3, 7–10 mm. long, spathulate, apiculate inside at the top, yellowish or greenish-white. Stamens 3; anthers 1·5–2·5 mm. long, yellow; staminodes 5–6; anther-thecae 2–3 mm. long, undulate, white. Ovary gradually attenuate upwards; style 2–4 mm. long, capitate. Fruit up to 2–5 cm. in diam., globose, drupaceous, yellow-orange, with a very large stone.